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Worksheet time: 1hrs 11mins
Which of the following explains how the French chose to colonize the New World?
They chose to construct forts for the purpose of converting the natives to Catholicism.
They allied with the native peoples and used settlements to export goods, mainly furs.
They established towns and settlements with the purpose of finding gold and other riches.
They wanted to establish settlements where they could send their debtors, orphans, and criminals.
"Our people have mainly come to Pennsylvania and other parts of the Mid-West with the goal of owning our own farms and harvesting wheat and other foodstuff."
The quote above best reflects how which of the following immigrant groups interacted with the environment.
Germans
Africans
Irish
Chinese
"They most of them illiterate and poor, have immigrated in droves and are relegated to working in the factories and living in crowded conditions in the cities.
Which quote above best reflects how which of the following immigrant groups interacted with the environment?
Germans
Africans
Irish
Chinese
Which of the following quotes best describes the role of many Chinese immigrants in the mid-19th century?
"We continue to work on the railroads in the west, doing the most dangerous jobs for little pay."
"We are treated as equals, and allowed to live and work where we please while still practicing our culture."
"We are little more than enslaved persons in the fields, harvesting the various cash crops grown for profit."
"We are able to purchase our own land, and livestock and build farms to raise an abundance of foodstuffs."
Which of the following best explains what the Irish immigrants did when they came to the United States in the early to mid-19th century?
They faced unequal treatment on the plantations where they worked alongside the African slaves harvesting cash crops.
They traveled to the California territory during the Gold Rush and opened saloons and washing stations.
They had enough money to purchase farms in the mid-West and live comfortably growing food crops.
Many of them had little option but to work in the mills and factories and live together in small crowded tenements in the Northeast.
"They continue to cultivate the land in which they parceled out in large tracts to be run by the vaqueros to raise cattle and other livestock on the ranches."
The quote above best reflects how which of the following immigrant groups interacted with the environment?
Germans
Mexicans
Irish
Chinese
Irish immigrants began coming in large numbers to the United States in the early to middle part of the 19th century. Which of the following reasons below best explains why they decided to leave their home country?
Abundant employment opportunities in the factories with decent wages.
The breakdown of a democratic form of government in their homeland.
The continual failure of the potato crop, which led to widespread famine.
The creation of the transcontinental railroad made immigration quicker and cheaper.
Which of the following quotes below best represents a pull factor that accounted for much of the Chinese immigration to the United States in the mid-19th century?
"There is an abundance of inexpensive land in the Midwest available for the cultivation of crops."
"There are many economic opportunities in the West because of the discovery of rich mineral deposits."
"There are many different religious buildings here and people are free to practice their religion freely."
"There is the opportunity to earn a good wage working in the factories in the Northeast."
Around 1846 about 70,000 Mormon settlers beagan their exodus to the Utah territory. The Mormons were going to the Utah territory with the hopes of --
being able to practice their religion freely
finding new economic opportinities
converting the natives to Catholicism
finding cheap land in the United States
"We have been persecuted by the majority for our beliefs. We have faced discrimination and violence with the murder of our leader."
Catholics
Germans
Mormons
Irish
-The members of this group were being persecuted by the Church of England for their beliefs.
-Lord Baltimore was the main founder of the colony for this group
-Members of this group settled in the colony of Maryland that was established as a safe haven.
Which of the following is the name of the group described in the table above?
Quakers
Puritans
Mormons
Catholics
Which of the following conflicts caused in part by social class differences caused by urbanization?
New York Draft Riots in 1863
Trail of Tears
Shay's Rebellion
French and Indian War
Immigration during the first five years of the 1850's reached a level five times greater than a decade earlier. Most of the new arrivals were poor Catholic peasants or laborers from Ireland and Germany who crowded into the tenements of large cities. Crime and welfare costs soared. Cincinnati's crime rate, for example, tripled between 1846 and 1853 and its murder rate increased sevenfold. Boston's expenditures for poor relief rose threefold during the same period.
--James M. McPhereson, Battle Cry Freedom, p.131.
Which of the following best explains the cause of the issues in the excerpt above?
The abolition of slavery led to former slaves moving to cities to find work.
The Second Great Awakening worked to solve problems caused by the close living conditions.
Urbanization as more people moved to the cities to find work in the factories.
The end of the U.S. - Mexican war allowed people to move from farms to cities.
-Chinese immigrants come to the West coast to find gold and work on the railroads.
-California passes a law to restrict Chinese immigration, but it is struck down by the State Supreme Court.
-Violence breaks out in cities between whites and Chinese immigrants,
Which of the following best explains how the conflict above was resolved?
The government passes the Chinese Exclusion Act which prohibited all Chinese immigration.
It restricted Chinese immigrants to only work and live in certain designated areas.
Limits were placed on how many Chinese immigrants would be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. each year.
Chinese workers who wanted to mine for gold had to pay extra in taxes.
-Building the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad
-Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism
-Kung Fu
Which group was responsible for these contributions to the American culture?
African Americans
Chinese Americans
German Americans
Irish Americans
"They left and indelible impression on the culture of America with their Catholic faith, architecture, food and the contributions of the vaqueros and the ranchos"
Which of the following groups is described in the quote above?
Mexican Americans
Quakers
African Americans
Puritans
The image above is most closely related to the influence of the --
Spanish
French
Chinese
Quakers
-Many Germans settled on farms in the Mid-West and grew various grains
-Chinese workers helped complete the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad
-Many Irish immigrants settled in cities and were the main labor source for factories
Which of the following would best complete the graphic above?
African Americans made no significant contributions to the United States
The major Chinese contributions to America were in the Northwest.
German contributions were more important that the Irish.
Many different ethnic groups contributed to the culture of America.
